# Accident 19740504010049A: Cessna 140A, Sherman, TX, May 4, 1974

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 4, 1974
- Place: Sherman, TX
- Airport: Butler
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Location: 33.6668° N, 96.6906° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BUTLER (11TX), closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6668&lon=-96.6906&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5350C, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N5350C) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cessna 140A (registry code 2071604, https://openairdocs.org/model/cessna-140a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CESSNA 140A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 895 total, 48 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW74FPA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPA23) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19740504010049A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ACFT HIT SOFT WET SPOT ON RNWY. PLTS OWN STRIP.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW74FPA23](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW74FPA23), May 4, 1974: Cessna 140A (N5350C), Sherman, TX, destroyed

## Other reports on N5350C (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20240302002259A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20240302002259A), Mar 2, 2024: Cessna 140A (N5350C), Paragould, AR, Substantial damage. On March 2, 2024 at 1300, a Cessna CE-140A flown by a student pilot landed at Paragould, AR (Kirk Field (pgr)), runway 22. Upon aircraft making contact with…
- [Accident 19770312009099A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770312009099A), Mar 12, 1977: Cessna 14/ (N5350C), Crowell, TX, Substantial damage. Plt rprtd high surface winds. Taxing back frm ab orted tkof.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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